women will die. for 50 years the killing of innocent children has been legal. legal does not equate to right. reporter: it all comes amid a pair of victories for abortion right advocates. in michigan governor gretchen whitmer signed a repeal of the state s abortion ban on the books since 1931. abortion rights are now enshrined into our state s constitution. reporter: and in wisconsin abortion was at the heart of tuesday s high stakes election for a seat on the state s supreme court now set to be filled by the liberal candidate, all but ensuring abortion access in the state. wisconsin voters for made their voices heard. reporter: tonight several more states are considering legislation that would either expand or restrict access to abortions. blayne alexander, nbc news. in 60 seconds what residents say is a long time toxic threat to a school near a production plant in louisiana and what the epaa is now doing abobout itit following our investigatation. nenext. e 2 diabetetes
Michigan had a law from 1931 on the books banning abortion without exceptions for rape or incest. It also allowed doctors and nurses who offer reproductive care to be prosecuted.
what was your biggest take awa and examining the idea of what the american dream, this commonly invoked phrase by politicians, what it reall means in today s age o spiraling income and wealt inequality right i have the media nonprofit devoted to inequality, and the economic hardship reportin project. what i see a lot is this abuse of the american dream as a way to and shame more people o people with class instability, jovial class instability and this isn t how the america dream started. the american dream started i 1931 by john trussler adams, who argued for the expensive american dream more communal, more based on actual merit so what i see is thi bastardized dream which reward the already successful and the rich and punishes those who ar financially and emotionall struggling that is true of politics a
that state. it was and it was the ballot initiative, it was also you had a set of democratic lawmakers in the state legislature and the governor and the attorney general there, who were fighting on this in advance of the dobbs decision. so, a lot of democrats somehow seem to be caught by surprise by dobbs, even though many people have been able to see this coming for a long time. a lot of the democratic party was kind of caught flat-footed, but in michigan, governor whitmer had already begun legal maneuverings in advance of dobbs, by several months, along with dana nessel, her attorney general. and the state legislature had already begun to work to toward repealing its 1931 law that could ve gone into effect if roe fell. and so, the elected officials were also tied up with this and even in the weeks and months directly prior to the midterm elections, when a lot of people in the democratic party and in the political press were beginning to say, no, no, don t run so much on abortion, m
but in michigan, governor whitmer had already begun legal maneuverings in advance of dobbs, by several months, along with dana nessel, her attorney general. and the state legislature had already begun to work to toward repealing its 1931 law that could ve gone into effect if roe fell. and so, the elected officials were also tied up with this and even in the weeks and months directly prior to the midterm elections, when a lot of people in the democratic party and in the political press were beginning to say, no, no, don t run so much on abortion, making false distinctions between abortion and economic issues. whitmer and that whole slate of democrats did not back down and continued to run on it, and to talk about it very freely, connecting it to so many other issues, including the economy. and other civil rights, and education, all kinds of issues that abortion is connected to. and they won, the proposition 3 to 1 by 13 points, and whitmer won by 11 points. then it was a remarkable inst